Woman charged with ordering son to punch fellow student

A 28-year-old West Utica Street woman was arrested on child endangerment charges for allegedly getting on her son’s Buffalo public school bus about 1 p.m. Tuesday and ordering him to punch another student in the face. She also used foul language to threaten other students on the bus, Buffalo police said Friday.

Renneitha N. Cottom was arrested Thursday afternoon on a charge of endangering the welfare. Police said the incident was captured on video and audio tape.